WASHINGTON, Feb. 22, 2018 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced a funding opportunity to help 1994 American Indian land-grant institutions become centers of scientific inquiry and learning for remote and reservation communities. Funding is made through NIFA’s Tribal Colleges Research Grants Program (TCRGP).

TCRGP aims to assist in building institutional research capacity through applied projects that address student educational needs and meet community, reservation, and regional challenges. Specific priorities include enhancing the institutional infrastructure and faculty expertise, forging better collaborations with other land-grants and research institutions of higher learning, addressing the food, agricultural, natural resources, and human sciences concerns of reservation communities, and giving American Indian students better prospects for employment and educational achievement.

Eligible applicants include tribal colleges or universities designated as 1994 institutions under the Equity Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994. NIFA reviews all proposals accepted in its competitive grant programs through an external peer review process. Specific details on panel meetings, review formats, and evaluation criteria may vary among programs.

There is $1.7 million in available funding to support TCRGP. The deadline for applications is April 23, 2018, 5 p.m. Eastern time. See the funding opportunity for details.

NIFA’s mission is to invest in and advance agricultural research, education, and extension to solve societal challenges. NIFA’s investments in transformative science directly support the long-term prosperity and global preeminence of U.S. agriculture. To learn more about NIFA’s impact on agricultural sciences, visit https://nifa.usda.gov/Impacts, sign up for email updates, or follow us on Twitter @USDA_NIFA, #NIFAImpacts.

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